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ALFRED HASBROUCK; or ITHACA, NEW YORK.

' .Lum Parmi No. 89,864, zaad Ma@ 11,1869.

r:remover: mesme FOR 21a-:inmate HAIR Enom mns The Buchedulo referred to ,lu these Letters iatant and o! the nanna. l

To all toivhom 'it-may concern: Y

Beit known that I, ALFRED HAsBnoUoK, of Ithaca,

, in the county of Tompkins, in vthe State of New York," i have invented a new Machine for Securing Leather and Cleaning the Hair from Hides previous to their being tanned; and I do hereby declare the following to be a `full and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, and to letters markedthereong This invention consists' vin providing a beam, A, set upuslantinf'; from the floor, a frame, or bed-piece, on which is secured a 'bed-'piece B, of hard-wood.

.The beam Afis secured at the upper end toa crossbeam, O. y Y Y To each end ofthe same are secured two upright studs,

D D, which extend abovey the cross-bearu'C, and tocach endof these studs are fastened, bfy' pins, pieces-oi1` timber E,E,`in which :ujecutl slots, serving as way for In the cross-head` secured a sieeker, G, either of The ways 'are of timber, IVE/I, which is attached, by Ia coil-spring, Ito ja cross-beam; J, said `cross-beam being supported by two studsK K. y l

On each side of the beamA is fixed a table, L L.

f Underneath the table, and extending 'back of the nnected at the lower end by a piece tambie, is'arranged'a treadle, M.' Said treadle extends back far enough to leave room for the opeiator'to stand -between it and 'the table.

To the treadle is attached, across it, a piece oftimber, N, and from each end of this piece of timber is attached a' wire, or' iron rod', o, running and attached to the pieces oi' timber, or ways E E. i

To cross-head F is attached a connection, P, for the purpose ofv connecting it with the power to drive it.

The manner of operating this machine isas follows:

The operator stands between the tieadle and the crossbeam, laying #the 'ieather tovbe scoured, or hide to be cleanedof hair, on the bed-piece; then Vplacing hisfootfon the treadle, and bringing the cross-head, Withfthe sleeker in it, on the leather or hide, and, by its motion forward, rubbing the leather or hide sucient; `then shifting the piece on the bed-piece to an other part, and so on, untilthe whole is finished.

The above-described machine, with allits parts, as arranged, combined, and operating. Y f' ALFRED HASBROUGK.`

Witnesses:

MILLS MGKJNNEY', LYNFBEN MooN. 

